Luke Kennard
@lukekennard.bsky.social
Novelist, poet, lecturer at University of Birmingham.
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Luke Kennard
@lukekennard.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Reminder that my new poetry collection (my SEVENTH because I apparently cannot take a hint) is available from Picador www.panmacmillan.com/authors/luke...
Lmfao most of us would happily lay down our lives for our children without a moment’s hesitation, but go off, I guess
November 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Lmfao most of us would happily lay down our lives for our children without a moment’s hesitation, but go off, I guess
“There is a special place in hell for people who misattribute quotations to get Instagram likes.” - Franz Kafka
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
“There is a special place in hell for people who misattribute quotations to get Instagram likes.” - Franz Kafka
The audiobook of my 2nd novel has been missing its last chapter for five years, and has now been sorted 🙏
They fixed it! I messaged through to the 4th Estate Instagram team with a 'where's the rest of my book!?' (politely of course) and that seemed to do it.
November 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
The audiobook of my 2nd novel has been missing its last chapter for five years, and has now been sorted 🙏
Welcome to Stratford station, London, where we don’t BELIEVE in the stuffy numerical order! Platform 1, 14, 8, 10! Don’t get it confused with 10a now!
November 27, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Welcome to Stratford station, London, where we don’t BELIEVE in the stuffy numerical order! Platform 1, 14, 8, 10! Don’t get it confused with 10a now!
Meteorologists, what is causing literally just Birmingham to be -1 degrees at the moment? Everywhere else I’ve been from London to the Highlands is positively balmy.
November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Meteorologists, what is causing literally just Birmingham to be -1 degrees at the moment? Everywhere else I’ve been from London to the Highlands is positively balmy.
FINALLY someone understands my book
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
FINALLY someone understands my book
🎵 well I heard there was a shrimp fried rice that David made and it pleased the Lord
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
🎵 well I heard there was a shrimp fried rice that David made and it pleased the Lord
This is probably a stammer thing, but at some point when trying to order a burrito it should be okay to say ‘No further questions’
November 27, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This is probably a stammer thing, but at some point when trying to order a burrito it should be okay to say ‘No further questions’
The most recent literature marketing scam I received claimed to be from a book club with over 80,000 members. Like, Olivia, exactly how big is your living room and kettle chips budget?
November 27, 2025 at 7:59 AM
The most recent literature marketing scam I received claimed to be from a book club with over 80,000 members. Like, Olivia, exactly how big is your living room and kettle chips budget?
My dad just got a big translation job for the first time in 3 years, which is good because 1. has money to live on and 2. maybe companies are realising paying someone to cross-check shitty machine translations takes longer than just getting a good translator to do it in the first place. Maybe?
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
My dad just got a big translation job for the first time in 3 years, which is good because 1. has money to live on and 2. maybe companies are realising paying someone to cross-check shitty machine translations takes longer than just getting a good translator to do it in the first place. Maybe?
ED ATKINS in conversation with HOLLY PESTER!!
New on the podcast: Ed Atkins discusses his first work of non-fiction FLOWER with Holly Pester
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: lrb.me/78d442
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Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: lrb.me/78d442
@fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ED ATKINS in conversation with HOLLY PESTER!!
I caught my own cold
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I caught my own cold
[mutters] wrote a novel about this over ten years ago just before it became cool to acknowledge why do I even bother will have vengeance
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
[mutters] wrote a novel about this over ten years ago just before it became cool to acknowledge why do I even bother will have vengeance
We have to accept now that we switch on our computers at work and then have to give them a good 40 minutes or so just to get their shit together
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
We have to accept now that we switch on our computers at work and then have to give them a good 40 minutes or so just to get their shit together
I’ve never read A Man For All Seasons, but in my head it’s about a guy who’s just nice to have around whether it’s winter, spring, summer or autumn
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I’ve never read A Man For All Seasons, but in my head it’s about a guy who’s just nice to have around whether it’s winter, spring, summer or autumn
“It was that point in term when several people had accidentally used a permanent marker on the white boards. Many of them scholars of the history of the pen...”
November 24, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“It was that point in term when several people had accidentally used a permanent marker on the white boards. Many of them scholars of the history of the pen...”
I’ve not been exercising enough and my diet has been appalling and I’ve been drinking too much, BUT I’ve not sustained a knee or hip injury; I’m still technically match fit
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I’ve not been exercising enough and my diet has been appalling and I’ve been drinking too much, BUT I’ve not sustained a knee or hip injury; I’m still technically match fit
Edinburgh Waverley is like a theme park where the theme is being in people’s way
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Edinburgh Waverley is like a theme park where the theme is being in people’s way
Doctor I keep getting leg cramp despite my previously condoned ultra salt high diet should I eat more salt
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Doctor I keep getting leg cramp despite my previously condoned ultra salt high diet should I eat more salt
Got to Edinburgh late last night with time only for a gin and tonic a kebab and a lion bar. If anyone has any tips for the Fringe which as an Englishman I assume is a permanent fixture let me know
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Got to Edinburgh late last night with time only for a gin and tonic a kebab and a lion bar. If anyone has any tips for the Fringe which as an Englishman I assume is a permanent fixture let me know
[mutters] Paul Kingsnorth with hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube going on like a prophet I clearly missed a trick writing a book *about how problematic prophecy is* should have just put on my sackcloth gown buy my book instead.
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
[mutters] Paul Kingsnorth with hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube going on like a prophet I clearly missed a trick writing a book *about how problematic prophecy is* should have just put on my sackcloth gown buy my book instead.
Anyone in this industry who took a 6 or 7 figure bonus after gouging everyone’s savings during the pandemic should be in prison.
November 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Anyone in this industry who took a 6 or 7 figure bonus after gouging everyone’s savings during the pandemic should be in prison.
Lovely genuine wool jumpers are essentially disposable jumpers for me. One week, one wash at any temp, put it on a doll
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Lovely genuine wool jumpers are essentially disposable jumpers for me. One week, one wash at any temp, put it on a doll
You literally *can* just avoid it, though! It is absolutely something you can choose to avoid. Start with the zen principle of not seeing yourself or your children as any better or more deserving than anyone else, look up the word “comprehensive” in the dictionary, and go from there!
November 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
You literally *can* just avoid it, though! It is absolutely something you can choose to avoid. Start with the zen principle of not seeing yourself or your children as any better or more deserving than anyone else, look up the word “comprehensive” in the dictionary, and go from there!
Also our true friend
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Also our true friend